Web Hosting: The term implies a service that provides you with online space. Such online space provided can then be used to build a website. Many web host organisations provide such a service. Web hosts provide different kinds of web hosting services such as shared web hosting, dedicated web hosting, managed web hosting, reseller web hosting, etc.

Shared web hosting

Shared web hosting implies you share the host server with someone else, but on you get your own, private space to use. Many websites are placed on that server and your website is one of the many already located on the server. Such web hosting is available in two types:

1) Free Shared Web Hosting: It costs zero. For someone who wants to experiment new ideas and learn details about website building, free shared web hosting is a good option. However such a web hosting kind will not provide you with MySQL and PHP support, and it can also be highly unreliable.

2) Paid Shared Web Hosting: There is a cost that you have to pay for such a kind of web hosting. Unlike free shared hosting, paid shared hosting comes with MySQL and PHP support. One can get web space on a powerful and well administered server.

Let us have a look at a few advantages and disadvantages of shared web hosting.

Advantages:

- Costs less.

- A well administered server.

- Multiple e-mail, MySQL and PHP support.

- Technical knowledge is not needed as some one else administers the server.

Disadvantages:

- Less secured web space.

- Sometimes limited connectivity.

- You can not use your own software and can use only the one provided by the web host.

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